Chronicles of Stanley: Cullen meets Stanley car; Lovejoy, Sullivan go back to school The Chronicles of Stanley is an occasional series this summer that tracks the Pittsburgh Penguins as they each get their special alone time with the Stanley Cup. “OK, which one of you took the Stanley Cup? Seriously, I need that back.” – Matt Cullen pic.twitter.com/1K3ZyGZ8pS — Chris Murphy (@SeeMu … [Read more...]

NFL, ESPN and Hall of Fame scramble after game cancellation Folks turned on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, expecting to see football for the first time since the Denver Broncos won Super Bowl 50. Instead, they saw Chris Berman and his pregame show gang filling time. There was no game on Sunday night, a big embarrassment to the league. The Hall of Fame game was canceled due to unsafe field … [Read more...]

Kerr: 'Absurd' to refer to Durant as a villian 10:52 PM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says it's "absurd" to cast Kevin Durant as a villain because he left the Oklahoma City Thunder as a free agent and joined the Warriors this summer. "To think of Kevin Durant or Steph Curry or any of our guys as villains, it's kind of absurd. Especially Kevin," Kerr said Sunday in an … [Read more...]

Russell Knox wins Travelers Championship for 2nd title of PGA Tour season Russell Knox wins his second PGA Tour title this season (Getty Images) On a day that was kicked off by Jim Furyk shooting the first 58 in PGA Tour history, it was a grind for the final groups to get to the finish — and a winner — at the Travelers Championship. However, in the end, Russell Knox’s final round of 2-under 6 … [Read more...]

US women hoops rout Senegal 121-56 in record fashion (Yahoo Sports) Diana Taurasi and the U.S. women's basketball team opened their Olympics with a record rout. The Americans were not expected to be challenged on Sunday by Senegal, and the only real suspense was how many records they would set. Sue Bird had eight of the team's US record 36 assists. … [Read more...]

With a new scoring system, boxing ready for an Olympic fight (The Associated Press) After Roy Jones Jr. was infamously robbed of a gold medal by horrific judging in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, amateur boxing began a 25-year search for a better way to determine a winner. Rio de Janeiro is hosting the first Olympic tournament since the sport abandoned its derided punch-counting system three … [Read more...]

Australia's Lachlan Morton wins Tour of Utah (The Associated Press) PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Australia's Lachlan Morton won the final stage of the Tour of Utah on Sunday to take the overall title in the seven-leg competition. … [Read more...]

Serena Williams wins Rio opener; 1st match since Wimbledon (Yahoo Sports) Or maybe simply that Serena Williams hadn't played a match in a month. Whatever the cause, Williams opened defense of her Olympic singles gold medal with a patchy-at-times 6-4, 6-2 victory over Australia's Daria Gavrilova on Sunday, gesturing or yelling at herself as she often does when not all goes her way. Williams … [Read more...]